PITTSBURGH (AP) Josh Dobbs did all the right things last summer, or at least enough of them for the Pittsburgh Steelers to cut veteran backup quarterback Landry Jones at the end of the preseason and promote Dobbs to the spot behind Ben Roethlisberger.

Nine months later, none of it matters.

Whatever gap Dobbs created over then-rookie Mason Rudolph in 2018 is gone. It's not an indictment of the ever-meticulous Dobbs so much as a return to the way the Steelers prefer to do business. When Dobbs and Rudolph report to training camp at Saint Vincent College next month with 88 of their teammates, they'll once again be in a fight for the opportunity to be the first option off the bench.